DIY conveyancing on house sale only

bel2310

Hi Apologies if this has already been covered elsewhere. I am in the process of selling my Mothers house as she has had to go into a care home , I have power of attorney. The house is owned outright with no mortgage. Is it worth looking at dealing with the conveyancing myself or should I use a solicitor as PoA is involved.

Thanks
Bel

noddynoo

I think you should try and do it yourself as I have had to do loads myself this time due to slow and incompetent solicitors and i have been surprised at how cheap and available the info is.Especially as you have had no leases or mortgages to deal with it should be fine.Get a good book or have a look on the which website.I paid £200 for a search and I already got the info for free from the council.Youn can get the title deeds etc easily enough and the council of mortgage lenders website helped me a lot too.I still have to pay our sols 4k and am gutted tbh as they have done zilch Good luck!

Me_Myself_2

£4k? Is that just their fee?

Jorgan_2

You may have issues with the buyers lender releasing funds to you for completion. I know some lenders won't release funds to sole practioners when they act for buyers. It would be a shame to do all the work & then have to employ a solicitor just to actually do the completion.

aimex

£4000 solicitors fees - what exactly does this cover? !!!

TAKEAWAY_2

If the house is unmortgaged, or unencumbered, how long has it been this way? If it has for a good few years then the house will more than likely be unregistered at the land registy which means the deeds cannot be electronicaly checked by the buyer's solicitors, in this situation the actual paper deeds will be requied and you will have to prove a good route of title to basically prove your mother owns the house and nobody else has any claim to it from convayances done in previous years...

If you go onto the land reg website you can put in your address on there and it will show you if it's registered or not, if it isn't then paying 500 quid or so to get the pro's in on the job may be worth while as there might be a fair few quiestions from the buyers sols if not.

bel2310

Thanks for all the advice. I think I may be best using a solicitor, I very much doubt the property has been electronically registered as my parents lived there for over 20 years. And also don't want to cause problems with buyers lender.

Bel